Politics

Friday, August 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN calls for peaceful recall referendum in Bolivia next Sunday

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Friday on all sides in Bolivia to ensure that Sunday's recall referendum on the President, Vice-President and regional governors is conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.
Friday, August 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay, “a devastated country”, says elected president

Paraguay's elected president former bishop Fernando Lugo said he receives a “devastated country with no institutions”, and claimed there is a plan to destabilize his administration which takes office next August 15.
Thursday, August 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's recall vote could confirm political stalemate

Bolivian President Evo Morales is expected to survive a recall vote this Sunday but there are growing concerns about the ongoing political stand off with the conservative opposition which is intent in blocking many of his reforms they define as “socialist”.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine vice president cheered by farmers at agro- show

Argentine vice president Julio Cleto Cobos was cheered and congratulated during his surprise Tuesday visit to Argentina's main agriculture show in the Buenos Aires grounds of Palermo.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing violence in Bolivia ahead of Sunday's recall vote

Clashes between striking Bolivian miners and the police which left at least two people dead and dozens injured forced the cancelling of a regional summit with Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and host Evo Morales.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers and officials agree after months of strife

Argentine farmers and government representatives described their first meeting on Tuesday afternoon after months of corroding stand off and animosity as open, frank, opportune and positive, words which had been absent for months.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Nigeria replaces Venezuela as US fourth oil supplier

Nigeria surpassed Venezuela as the fourth largest foreign supplier of crude oil to the United States for the first five months of 2008, the US Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela once again Argentina's last resort lender

Venezuela again acted as lender of last resort for Argentina having acquired a billion US dollars in sovereign bonds, at “close to market rates” according to Argentine financial sources.
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Red Cross emblem: Uribe wants full truth from military

The International Red Cross said Wednesday from Geneva that Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by deliberately using the humanitarian group's emblem during the covert military mission that freed French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages.
Tuesday, August 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Land reform single major issue for next Paraguayan leader

Land reform stands out as the single biggest issue for Paraguay, a landlocked country of just under 7 million people, where one percent of the population controls 77% of the arable fields.